On 23 May 2026, at the church of Santo Tomás de Canterbury in the village of Vegas de Matute in Segovia, Maria Milans del Bosch married Juan Bosco Olallquiaga in a wedding dress that's a reminder that minimalism isn't a shortage - it's a strategy.

The designer Navascués (from the well-known Spanish house of Cristina Martinez-Pardo Cobian) cut the dress in a white silk crêpe with semi-sheer long sleeves cinched at the cuffs by covered buttons. The bodice and the flared skirt were separated by a historical element - antique lace at the hips that breaks the flat line and adds tactile texture.

The bride wore neither a veil nor a train. In their place - an elegant long cape with a decorative brooch visible from the front. The shoes were Flordeasoka in the „Greta Bro" model in amber velour (320 euros), with a comfortable square heel of 6 centimetres and an embroidered finish „inspired by designs at the Spanish court in the late 15th century."

For makeup - warm tones, a softly smoked eye with loose wavy hair, small white-gold earrings. Everything in between was decided with logic. The bride wasn't wearing „strange" clothes so an Instagram photo would do them justice - she was wearing clothes that would be comfortable to her for six hours on her feet, in a courtly church with unbearable May heat. This is a wedding with intent, and intent always outlasts the trends.